Chelsea Clinton to NBC News

Chelsea Clinton has been hired as a correspondent for NBC News effective immediately, the network announced on Monday.

Clinton will work on stories that NBC will use in its Making a Difference series that runs on the “NBC Nightly News” and “Rock Center With Brian Williams.”

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“People who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and in our world have always inspired me,” Clinton said in an NBC statement.

“I hope telling stories through Making a Difference — as in my academic work and nonprofit work — will help me to live my grandmother’s adage of ‘Life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you,’” she added.

“Chelsea is a remarkable woman who will be a great addition to NBC News. Given her vast experiences, it’s as though Chelsea has been preparing for this opportunity her entire life,” Steve Capus, president of NBC News, said in the statement.

Williams, anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” and “Rock Center,” said, “Chelsea Clinton has led a remarkable life. She possesses an uncommon understanding of humanity — on city streets, across this country and around the globe. We are so excited she’s joining us to tell the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.”

The New York Times, which broke the Clinton story, reported she will work for the network full time, but NBC said she will continue her doctoral studies at Oxford and her work for the Clinton Global Foundation.

A person close to Clinton told the Times that the former first daughter intends to donate her paycheck from NBC to the Clinton Foundation and the George Washington University Hospital in the name of Dorothy Howell Rodham, her grandmother, who passed away earlier this month.